Dessert is one of my favorite things to make. I think mostly because it brings everyone together. Who can resist a sweet treat? Maybe, have some coffee while the kids dig in. While any dessert is good dessert, cute desserts win me over every time. I love being able to find a dessert that not only taste fantastic but looks like it could have bought professionally. These cookie bowl bird nests are exactly that. They are so cute and not hard to make. Plus, they give people something to talk about.
It takes a cookie and turns it into something special. This Cookie Bowl Bird’s Nest Dessert would great for a spring bake sale or party too, not just for Easter. This set of cookie bowls are ready for Easter dinner but the bowl itself can be changed up for any occasion simply by changing what you place inside. Use the cookie bowls for ice cream during a birthday party, add chocolate pudding and cookie crumb topping, or even add fruit and whipped cream for a lighter dessert. The possibilities are endless.
Cookie Bowl Bird’s Nest Dessert
Makes 14 cookie bowls
45 mins (top to bottom)
Ingredients:
2 sticks (1 Cup) softened salted butter
1 1/2 Cups granulated sugar
1 Egg
2 1/4 Cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
To decorate:
Twizzlers green apple “grass” licorice
Any jelly beans
Pillsbury pink lemonade frosting
You will also need:
Non stick cooking spray
Cupcake pan
Large mixing bowl
Hand or stand mixer
Small 8oz juice cup
Directions:
1. Preheat your oven to 350°
2. Spray your cupcake pan with a nonstick cooking spray
3. Mix together your softened butter and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl until you have a whipped Texture (about 3 minutes)
4. Now mix in your egg
5. Add your flour, baking soda, salt, and vanilla and mix until you have a thick cookie dough
6. Place a golf ball sized dough ball into each cupcake mold
7. Press your dough into the cupcake mold it and up onto the sides
8. Bake for 15 minutes
9. After your cookies are baked, use a small cup and press into the cookies to make a bowl shape
10. Let your cookies cool
11. Now fill your cookie bowls up with your pink lemonade frosting
12. Place your green apple grass Twizzlers inside the cookie bowls to look like a nest
13. Now top each cookie bowl with about five jellybeans and you’ve got yourself some cute Easter treats the kids will love making and eating!
Cookie Bowl Bird's Nest Dessert
About a MomIngredients
- 2 sticks 1 Cup softened salted butter
- 1 1/2 Cups granulated sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 1/4 Cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
To decorate:
- Twizzlers green apple "grass" licorice
- Any jelly beans
- Pillsbury pink lemonade frosting
You will also need:
- Non stick cooking spray
- Cupcake pan
- Large mixing bowl
- Hand or stand mixer
- Small 8oz juice cup
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°
- Spray your cupcake pan with a nonstick cooking spray
- Mix together your softened butter and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl until you have a whipped
- Texture (about 3 minutes)
- Now mix in your egg
- Add your flour, baking soda, salt, and vanilla and mix until you have a thick cookie dough
- Place a golf ball sized dough ball into each cupcake mold
- Press your dough into the cupcake mold it and up onto the sides
- Bake for 15 minutes
- After your cookies are baked, use a small cup and press into the cookies to make a bowl shape
- Let your cookies cool
- Now fill your cookie bowls up with your pink lemonade frosting
- Place your green apple grass Twizzlers inside the cookie bowls to look like a nest
- Now top each cookie bowl with about five jellybeans and you've got yourself some cute Easter treats the kids will love making and eating!
Oh yum these look amazing – I can imagine they would be something my other half would love as well. x
These are so cute and festive! I don’t think I’ve seen the pink lemonade icing here, but now I have to look for it next time I am at the grocers. It sounds amazing!
Oh how I would love these. So would my kiddos. They look really delicious!
My goodness, I haven’t seen anything like that before, such a cute & creative idea. It looks absolutely delicious & easy to prepare as well. My kids are going to love it.
I love the COOKIE BOWL BIRD’S NEST DESSERT! It is so pretty and my daughter and I would love to make these for other occasions. Thanks for the recipe!
Looks so pretty. I like this idea
So cute!
We are always looking for different treats to prepare the grandkids…and me!